Programme (Additional)

Question 1

PERT

Answer 1

• Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
• Flow chart diagram sequences all tasks
• Records earliest and latest start and finish date for each task
• Determines float and critical path

Question 2

Critical Path Analysis

Answer 2

Identifying the activities necessary to complete a task, the time necessary to finish each activity and the relationships between the activities

Question 3

Who owns float?

Answer 3

• Controversial question – typically contractor, answer of ‘whoever gets there first’ dubious
• JCT: contractor owns float as only start and finish dates in contract
• NEC: float owned by project, more collaborative approach

Question 4

What is lead and lag?

Answer 4

Lag – delay between start dates of two tasks

Lead – overlap of the two tasks until first one finishes